Alongside other tidbits about her new role and the success of Minecraft in a recent interview, Chiang revealed some rather amazing statistics about the world-building sandbox. The game has not only sold 144 million copies across all platforms to date but also reached a new record for active monthly players last month; Chiang remarked:

We just recently set a new record in December for monthly active users, so now we're at 74 million monthly active users — and that's really a testament to people coming back to the game, whether it's through the game updates or bringing in new players from across the world. That's really our goal, to keep building the community that we have.

Needless to say, Minecraft is quickly turning into one of the most significant products under the Microsoft brand,﻿﻿ and with the company's increased focus on gaming and Chiang's leadership, that's likely not going to change anytime soon.